What is the hardest barrier you've faced?

[Caddyswag]

What are the hardest barriers to break??

Hey guys, in this thread you can discuss what the hardest barriers for you were to break. You may also like to say how long it took you to break them and what you did/learnt to break them. I think this is a good idea because it gives you a good idea of what other cubers have been through as well, it also might help you to break your goal average. Have Fun!!!!

 

[JeffDelucia]

In order of difficulty sub 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 etc. seriously. probably varies from person to person though depending on what is holding you back at any given speed and what you do to improve what is holding you back

 

[Phaint]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there is. But FYI, I'd say that the hardest barrier is sub-20.

Sub 20 was strangely not a thing for me I was average 22.5 for around a month then over the course or like 2 days started getting sub 19 averages for no reason. My 6x6 time also dropped at that time by around 2 minutes my pb was something like 6:40 average of 7:30 ish then I got a 5:15 solve and have been averaging 5:45 since with frequent solves in the 5:10 range. Progression is different for everybody I seam to improve by drastic amounts at a time for no apparent reason with slow progression in between. I'm curios if that is common though do lots of people experience such drastic drops in times? I seem to be doing it on a regular basis now.

 

[Hypocrism]

The barriers that I was most conscious of were sub-1 and sub-20. Now it is taking me longer to get to sub-10, but that doesn't feel like a barrier, because I'm constantly making progress towards it as opposed towards these barriers, where I was actually stuck above them for a while each.

 

[darckhitet]

I remember when i was a constant sub 21 solver and then i saw a video called ''Slow down and look ahead''. The next day i did a 16 seconds average of 100 and on it i broke my pb now it's 12.43 seconds, then all changed, i would no longer get those 20s times .

 

[darckhitet]

I became color neutral in one day, no big deal for me just was like lets do a color neutral average, i did in 16s 1 solve 1 different color, just like my normal averages

 

[Phinagin]

I think the hardest barrier I have faced is the one I am facing right now, sub 25 average.

 

[molarmanful]

I think the hardest barrier I have faced is the one I am facing right now, sub 25 average.

Wait till you get to 20 seconds

 

[josh42732]

Wait till you get to 20 seconds

ikr but then you ramdomely get sub-20's and then they come more often, then its a normal thing

 

[ChaozCubing]

To get sub-30 took me like a year

 

[natezach728]

The barriers that I was most conscious of were sub-1 and sub-20. Now it is taking me longer to get to sub-10, but that doesn't feel like a barrier, because I'm constantly making progress towards it as opposed towards these barriers, where I was actually stuck above them for a while each.

Sub 10 was the hardest barrier for me. But once you break it, its freaking awesome because you get a sense of, "I made it, I'm in the elite" sort of thing. I broke it a few months ago.

 

[WinPooh]

I got stuck at 22 for about a month

I got stuck at 2 minutes for about 30 years, since mid-80s

 

[Seanliu]

lol you can't get 5secs faster cause your being CN, It's probably cause you practice. Cross doesn't take more then 5 seconds so it's not mainly because your CN.

Well, you have the possibility to get better F2L cases, and maybe know the first one from easy cross, which makes better lookahead. In fact, time drops like this, I would say, is totally possible.

 

[TDM]

Well, you have the possibility to get better F2L cases, and maybe know the first one from easy cross, which makes better lookahead. In fact, time drops like this, I would say, is totally possible.

Aside from what you see in inspection and how easy your start is, being colour neutral gives no advantage. You're not any more likely to have a better F2L if you're colour neutral.

Also, you're going to have better lookahead with a fixed colour, since you're practising looking at the same pieces every solve.

 

[guysensei1]

Another hard one for me was sub-20 OH. I had to switch from ring style to pinky style turning.

 

[GuRoux]

Another hard one for me was sub-20 OH. I had to switch from ring style to pinky style turning.

that reminds me, my OH style is all messed up. I do regular ring push but inverse pinky flick. but also regular index but push not flick for U'.

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

23 seconds. I was constantly dropping in times every week and then was at 22-23 seconds for months. One day it started to drop and after my first sub 20 ao100 it just kept going down with a new record each week again. Definitely not as extreme of a drop each time though.

 

[Mes]

Sub 30, which I'm still there. But almost broken, learning f2l algs, pll and practicing lookahead.

 

[Dyys]

Well um you see...

Spoiler

sub-40

 

[Dyys]

Sub 30, which I'm still there. But almost broken, learning f2l algs, pll and practicing lookahead.

Really all you need is full PLL for sub30